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CPU Wars
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/CPU worz/ , n. A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the
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attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines)
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to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered
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Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to
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ADVENT and the immortal line Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!
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(uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). The whole shebang is now
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available on the Web. It is alleged that the author subsequently received a
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letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's
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Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (at that time one of the few islands
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of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the
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IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
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